Tire-protector.



RATENTED APR. 21, 1908.

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H PARSONS TIRE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG; 27. 1906.

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HARRY PARSONS, OF SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND.

TIRE-PROTECTOR.

Specification 0! Letters Patent.

PatentedApr-il 21., 16551 Application filed August 27, 1906. Serial No..332,122.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY PARSONS, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 150 Millbrook road, in the city and county of Southampton, England, engineer, have invented a new and useful Improved Tire-Protector, of which the following. is a specification.

In the specification of Letters Patent No. 23671;d ated the 30th October 1902 granted to me, is described an anti-slipping device which is free to creep, or travel, round the tire, andthe object of my invention is to provide a device which has this property of tively to each other, but forming a practically continuous protecting strip, or surface, around the tread of the tire. The said pro tective ring can creep over the tire as it rotates and, being made of separate pieces, does not work off sidewise as would be the case if the 'rotective ring were a .continuous strip, uness such ring were held immovably and then,

of course, the desirable advantages of creepmg round the tirewould not be obtained. The said pieces of protective material are of a yieldin and tough character which will protect the tire from puncture, or other inury, and they are provided with studs, or analogous devices, to render them more duraor side-slip.

, Thesaid ieces of protective material may be connecte to the side-rings, or their eq uivalents, in any oonvenientmanner, and either,

or both, of the said side-rings, or the like, may be provided with fasteningsfor opening out the ring, or rings, or the like, forremova and replacement of the device.

I describe the following arrangements according to myinvention with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figures 1 and 2 are plan views of different modifications which will serve as examples of suitable constructions in accordancewith my invention, but I do not limit myself to these examples.

Referring first to the construction shown in Fig. 1. This shows, flattened out, a sufficient portion of a device to illustrate the arrangement, it being understood that the complete article is acircular device consisting of a number of parts as shown sufficient to ex tend all round the wheel,'the'rings or chains 1 at the sides being of course of so much less diameter than the tire as to retain the device on the wheel. The side-rings 1 each carry links, or eye-pieces 2, which are shown as being ke t apart by tubular distance-pieces 3 (flexib e, or not) threaded on the said siderings 1 between adjacent links, or eye-pieces 2. The said links, or eye-pieces, 2, on the one ring 1 are shown as being situated midway between those on the other ring 1. The said links, or eye-pieces, 2, have secured to, or formed .with, them,',link-'pieces 4 (which may be of metal, or chrome-tanned leather, or any other suitable material) each such link-piece 4 being provided with attachments at 5, for one of two ears'6, 6, at the ends on oneside of two of the pieces 7 of 'protective material which are to form the ring over the tread of the tire, and with an attachment at 8, midway of those aforesaid, for the connection of an ear 9, projecting from the other side of the piece 7 of'protective mateable substance, such, for example, as chrometanned leather, or hide, or strong textile fabric, and they are provided with studs 10, or

the equivalents, to render them more durable and revent skidding, or side-slip.

Fig. 2 il ustrates an arrangement wherein links, or e e-pieces, 2 are strung, thesahaving connects to them metal loops 11 (taking the place of'the link-pieces 4 of the arrangement ig. 1) with which loops 1 1 the pieces of protectiv'e material 7 are connected by strips of leather or other suitable material secured to the said pieces 7, the ends 6, of these strips being the equivalents of the ears 6, in Fig. 1

the rings 1 are made of chain on'which the tect them and can be used as coverings for 'ferentially. Advantages as against nonwith my improved devices, in addition to the and the mid looped portion 9 of the said strips being the equivalents of the ears 9 in Fig. 1. i

The devices, made in accordance with this invention, do not damage the tires but proworn'tires, or for thin tires, and will preventundue heating of the tires, while road matter is prevented from remaining between the device and the tire as the relative posi- 1; ns of any given parts of the tire and of th t device are constantly altering circumpuncture strips afiixed to the tire are that,

devices being detachable, it is not necessary to send the ,tire to the repairer when a new protective device, or repair of the old one, is required; thereis practically no heating of the tire causing blistering and disintegration; there is less slowing effect on the tire, repairs of the tire and tube are more readil effected, and there is no liability to the devices bursting as has been the case with reviously made detachable devices which fiave been put on tightly, and my improved devices will not retain dirt, or stones, betweenthemselves and the tire, and it is not necessary to jack up the wheel, or to deflate the tire in applyin j y devices to pneumatic tires.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what' manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is 1. A detachable device for the purposes aforesaid, the i said device comprising, a pair ofrings, of less diameter than the tire, one

for each side of the wheel, the said rings being" connected by pieces of protective inaterial extending over the treadof the tire,. the said protective pieces being made with in clined sides and being reversely disposed alternately and constituting members capable of movement relatively to each other, but forming a practically continuous strip, or surface, around the tread of the tireand being flexible crosswise of the tire and capable of circumferential movement, or creeping, around the tire.

2. A tire protector having a plurality of protecting pieces with sides reversely inclined diagonally across the tire and means for loosely securing, the sameupon the tire so that the said the tire as the w el rotates. I

3. A the protector comprisin a series of adjacent protecting pieces wit sides reversely inclined diagonally across the tire and means for loosely securing the same upon the tire so that the said protector can creep around the tire as the wheel'rotates.

4. A tire protector comprising a plurality of protecting pieces with sides reversely inclined diagonally ring-on each side of the tire and means for fastening said protecting pieces thereto zigzag at points diagonally arranged on opposite sides of the tire.

In testimony'whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib-- ing witnesses. HARRY PARSONS.

Witnesses:

Rronn. JONES, HaRvEY J. BAvnRs'rAK.

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